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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-07
CHAPTER XII.
A FACE IN THE GLASS.

Shirley was "a
For six years she had been teacher Of tho
Linwood school That was something. hut
she had adopted other means to help ON the
fortunes of the Carstone family.
1t may or may not be credit to woman to
write for newspapers. 1t depends on what
she writes
The poem in which Shirley's heart was
bound up had to be put aside. AT times she
wrote brief bits of verse as of old, but not
often. There was no money in poetry.
Money the Carstones must have. Shirley
wrote short essays and sketches, and got paid
for them. So thoroughly were the real and
the ideal blended in her nature that her
literary work was pointed especially with
strong, practical sense. In'truth, she caught
the ideal and made it the real That was her
way in all things. ''--'. '-
She had no extraordinary and romantic
difficulties in getting modest newspaper en-
ployment Her power was recognized there
from the first. That much in her life at least
was easy. But her existence had fallen into
such humdrum rut that she sighed for
change day by day, She was the same
strong, bright spirit as Of old, ever ready for
what her hand found to do. But her life
seemed to her to be wearing itself out, like Q
mill wheel that turns around and around IN
one spot She felt it sadly. /
One morning, at the beginning of her vaca-
ton, Percy brought her q letter from the
postoffice It was from the editor OF The
Morning Herald for which she wrote. The
letter was an answer to her silent thought
" read:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-07
SHIRLEY CARST0NE.
By ELIZA ARcHARD.
copyrighted by the American Press Association
CHAPTER XI.

BOYS.
The wings that would have plumed their
flight skyward were overweighted earthward
1t was Shirley's fate.
Here were the boys, her brothers. They
tried her faculties to the utmost In the
flower Of her beautiful youth she was rele-
gated to the position of the middle aged.
Rip, the boy tramp, seemed in some way
to be inextricably entangled with the for
tunes of the CaTstone family. He had been
Ebound out" from the county house, at the
proper age. But not ropes or chain cables
could have bound him in any place to stay.
He was vagabond in the blood.
Rip had made overtures Of alliance often
sive and defensive to the Carstone boys early
in his career. Though younger than both
Tom and Percy, he fascinated them and led
them. He was in a way the incarnation Of
the spirit of evil fighting against Shirley for
the souls of her boys. She had said within
herself:
u mean to mako my boys SO refined In
taste that they will sicken at gross dissipa-
tions when they come to be men,"
So she did at last. She was gifted with the
radiant will and strength of him who over
comes. All things were under her.
But there were hostile elements in her camp
which she little foreknew. Annoyances the
meanest and most petty beset her, constantly.
Rip, the boy tramp, had sought first to in
clude Brownie among his good comrades
The girl of 10 repelled his friendly advances
with an inborn haughtiness which angered
his soul to fury.
"Here's something for you," said he, Siding
up to her timidly. Its as pretty as a red
wagon. got it purpose for you, and 'twant
no fool of job, neither"
He held out soft lined gray birds nest
1t contained three beautiful pale, green eggs,
speckled with brown.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-04-07

HI The room inside was quite deserted. At the
threshold Mr.. Morrison said good night, with
grave, stately bow. He had taken step
away when Shirley clutched his arm sud-
denly. ''tl'
"Look thcre!" she said.
"A face was pressed against the glass out
side, staring at them with wild, demeniac
eyes. 1t was waxy white and emaciated.
In all her life Shirley never again saw coun-
tenance so frightful, SO full of devilish malice
as thai, She shuddered from head to foot in
spite Of herself.
An awful look came into George MorIi-
sons face. It was as if the frost of thou
sand years had suddenly entered his heart.
TO an CONTINUED.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
HOW MRS. Fleming Got Rich.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
Who shall say that minute knowledge
Of fashions changeful customs is not worth
while, when May Agnes Fleming got rich
by that means? She died a year or more
ago, leaving fortune over which a fight
has just arisen in the courts. She was a
writer of stories for one of the cheap
papers. l asked publisher in that field
how, when morbid fiction is so plenty, Mrs.
Fleming accumulated wealth.
''Principally by making a study of the
ways of the rich and fashionable folks, I"
was the reply. ''She had knack OF con-
ceiving good plots for stories calculated to
interest women and girls: but SO have hum
dreds of amateur novelists, whose work
may be had almost for the asking. Differ
ent from them, she took the pains to learn
accurately and fully how women in the
best society behaved. and she made her
swell he1oines conform thereto. In that
way she produced imaginary ladies who
were true to realism. She kept them right
up to the times. l have even known her,
i'll recasting one of her old stories for fresh
publication, to alter not only the costumes
of the heroine. but to change her tricks of
manner to suit new usageS OF society.
Some of her readers may not have appreci-
ated this. but the editors did, and it vastly
enhanced her in their estimation, and
doomed her along to popularity"
''And how much pay did she get?"
''At the time of her death she was under
contract to write ten stories for $75. 900.
They were to be produced at the rate of
two year, thus making her income SIS. 600
per annum.'
How many hundreds of women with a
literary bent will take up their pens with
convulsive enthusiasm Oh reading those fig
ureS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17

mered with clubs They stamped and bea-
the sides of the barn till the noise was deaf
ening. Mr.. Cunning superintendent every
thing with placid dignity, modestly declin
in to make a speech.
By 1880 200 of the 800 were wildly, in
sanely drunk. They would wander off and
fall down on their backs and yell to high
heaven, because they could not do anything
else Inside the coach-hOuSe pandemonium
relgned. group of Italians in corner
were the ugliest and tell to fighting. Mr..
Cunning jumped into the fight, broke his
whip over the head of one of his guests,
and knocked the other down. A second
fight started soon afterward, and he
stopped that by Selling one of the contest
ants by the ears and locking him up i'll
box stall. The outlook had become so
threatening that several appealed to him to
adjourn the happy gathering, and he finally
consented. One hundred men more or less
sober then began to load 200 men more or
less drunk into wagons. Finally all were
loaded in, and the procession of thirty
vans started for town, yelling, fighting,
blowing horns and beating pans. Nh.
Cunning then put violet in his button
hole and informed his wife and the maids
that they might come down. Fearing to
go him self, he sent his secretary to report
proceedings in Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon was prepared. Its doors
were closed and its shutters up. Five min
utes later the procession of wagons arrived
and dumped its load on the open space next
to the, station there were only six fights
visible from the window of DR.. Casey's
office. Five minutes later only one fight
was visible, but everybody was in it. Noses
were punched, cheeks hammered, and eyes
blackened, everybody yelling like an Indian.
The good citizens backed up the constables
and hustled the fighters to the lookup, but
1t had only four cells. If any two men
were put in cell the lookup was in.
dangered, to say nothing of the men. Con-
sequently no more than four could be taken
there and the fight wore itself out. No
body was seriously hurt, however. for there
were no weapons and all the fighters were
too drunk to do much injury. "A regular
Donnybrook fair, you know" said Mr..
Cunning, mildly. 30! 1t was no end of
fun"
In his fower-hung residence the host Last
evening awaited the return of his secretary.
do you really think, Hellmann," he
asked, THAT it will be safe for Mrs. Gun
ming or myself to go to town for a few
days?n
''Safe?" said Hellman. 'Why, you're
the most popular man in the country.
They'd take the horses from your carriage
and drag it themselves to honor YOU"
Mr.. Cunning smiled bland smile and
was at ease.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17

hundreds and thousands from the ranks of
those asphyXiated by drowning to show
that these so-ealled certain signs" rest on
no firmer basis than mere assumption.
Writing, as he says. in the interests
of humanity, Dr.. TANNER calls upon the
press to awaken public sentiment in ia
vor OF burial reform. He protests against
hasty lnternentS, and makes an appeal to
the mothers of the country, who are al
ways the first to inaugurate reforms, to
withheld the seemingly inanimate forms of
their loved ones from the undertaker's con-
troll until every vestige of doubt is removed
from their minds.
DR.. TANNER once lived in Minneapolis
and while there frequently discussed this
subject with his professional brethren. 1t
was perhaps owing to his teaching that we
are indebted for therecent touching episode
OF mother in that city refusing to sur
render the body of her dead daughter for
burial. AT all events, there are great
many people who think, as TANNER does,
that the rights OF sepulture are too often
made to conform to the spirit of this fast
age. This is fast age and we are a fast
people. Everything must be done in fast
style. We live fast, we die fast, and of
course must be buried quick. That Is too
much the spirit of the age. If, as TANNER
asserts, it be true that decomposition is the
only infailible sign of death, why would it
not be good idea to provide as an annex to
our cemeteries receptacle for the dead
where they could remain until decompo-
sition set i'll before they were inferred.
This apartment might be made comfortable
and CHEEKY with plenty of warmth and air
and light, with some medical expert in con-
slant attendance to give helping hand and
apply restorativeS on the least indication of
returning life.
We have one more suggestion to make in
this connection. DR.. TANNER went through
forty days fast to demonstrate that the
scriptural account of CHRIsT'S prolonged
fast in the mountain was no fiction. He
succeeded. Now let him try the experiment
OF Suspending animation and being buried
for three days and then rise again to verify
the doctrine of the resurrection. If he
doesn't succeed as he probably will not, he
may at least settle the matter in dispute be-
tween himself and DR.. HAMMOND as to
whether buried persons turn over in their
collins or not.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17

On Sunday morning, May 1, will be Is
sued from the new GLOBE Building
special edition of this paper. 1t will be
UNIQUE and intensely interesting publica-
tion-just such paper as every Business
Man, Manufacturer and Dealer i'll Real
Estate will desire to be handsomely repre-
sented in. The space devoted to adyertls-
ipg fayors will be necessarily limited,
therefore, those desiring to avail themselves
of this unusually desirable medium of COM
munieation with the public, should indicate
that desire to the Publisher at all early day.
All contracts must be made directly with
ibis Office. The edition will be composed
of so, 600 copies, with neat and attractive
autograph covers.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
HIGH LOVE HAS NO PLACE.

The world has outlived all its passion;
Its men are inane and base;
Its women mere puppets of fashion;
Life now is q comedy play.
Our Abelard signs for season,
Then yields with decorum to fate:
Our Heloise listens to reason,
And seeks new mate
By the ladylike hands of our mothers
We are taught that to feel is bad form.
Our etfeminate fathers and brothers
Keep carefully out of LIES storm;
Our worshipers. now, and our lovers,
Are calmly devout-with their brains;
And we laugh at the man who discovers
Warm blood in his veins.
But you, o twin souls, passion mated,
Who love as the gods loved of old,
What laundering destiny fated
Your lives to be cast in this mould?
Like lurid volcanic upheaval
In pastures prosaic and gray
You seem with your feryor's primeval,
Among us to-day.
You dropped from some planet of SPLENDID
Perhaps, as it eircled afar,
And your consistency swerveless and tender.
You learned from the course of that star.
Fly back to its bosom, l warn you,
As back to the ark few tn dove;
The minions of earth will but scorn you
Because you.can love!
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Lippincott's Magazine
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Carl Preszei's Philosophy.
Oolster ofercoats cofer more sins ub as q

Uolster otercoats cofer more sins ub as a
necktie.
Politickle pishness gif you some ack-
waindences NIT men, bot you dink ids bes-
ser to pooty gwick forget when der ecklec-
ton vas ofer.
Yoos let der bresbiraton on your face
been der vasser to mix your dough NIT.
Der palm tree couldn't grow pooty well.
except it vas heavy nit its branches. Yoost
der character of a man.
Buy pint of demplerenz. 1t is more
worth as barrel of runs.
Der vas something good in store for all
peoples, und ofer you got gelt you can buy
dot.
A eyed frow was der medium dot fills
der CRATE yards NIB.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Is TEf' DAD YEAR.

I've pressed this little how'r, dear,
Because it came and grew
With summer days / tn old year,
Just like my love for you!
And so I've pressed my love, dear,
1t cannot fade away,
But as it grew i tn old year.
So shall it be for aye!
And as this little f1ow'r, dear,
Wakes mem'ries sweet TO me,
OF days that were i tn old year,
But never more shall be,
So would have my love, dear,
Wake memories to you,
OF one who lived il TIL old year,
When death has ta'en him, too.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17

to the people for his appointments, and that
he and not these papers and politicians will
be to blame if unworthy men are appointed to
NIL the Offices. So far the people have had no
cause to complain--it is only the disappointed
politician that howls. The governor has a
faculty of sticking to his friends, and has
backbone enough to do and act as he thinks
best. The Gazette believes that when his
term of Office shall have expired his record as
governor will be as good and clean as that of
any of his predecessors.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Minneapolis sszulus'' Warned.

Winona Republican.
Sarah Rernhardt's antics are getting rather
TOO wild for this country. In New York the
other day she assaulted a little French waiter
who failed to have her lunch on time to the
minute, aud between her cuffs and kicks and
the uger-iike ferocity accompanying them her
poor fellow-countryman was nearly killed.
we would again remind the Minneapolis
"Auius" wide Nine. Scalchi) that they will do
well to keep at respectful distance from
Sarah when she reaches that city. She has
wonderful capacity for leaving bald heads in
her wake
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Holds the Key.
Duluth Herald.

Duluth Herald.
That inland fake, St. Paul. is trying to keep
up an impression among outside renderfoots
that it holds the key of the position. First it
talks of building canal to Duluth, and find
ing the fish fail to rise to that fly, it throws
out the bait that owing to the interstate COM
merce bill, the Mississippi will become the
great highway for -four and grain. New
Orleans possesses fine climate to store -four
and grain, especially about July!
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
The Most Elaborate and Uproarious Drunk
on Record Graphically De-
soribed.
How a Wealthy Young Englishman Oele-
brated His Birthday Anniversary in
Unique Style.
Two Hundred Insanely Drunken M en-
Turn New York Country Town
Topsy-Turvy.
The Manager Unable to Control the
Whirlwind He Had Rafsed--The
Family's Predicament.
New York Times,

Mount Vernon had wild time yesterday.
1t was wilder time than it had ever
dreamed of, and the widest ever known to
an interior town of New York state.
Mount Vernon is hamlet about twenty
five miles up on the line of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad. 1t is a
placid place, with few events, SO that the
oldest inhabitant will henceforth date all
future occurrences from the reign of terror
that was yesterday caused by Cummings
Barbecue"
Thomas B. Cunning, Jr., is very
wealthy young Englishman who last June
leased the Allerton farm, two miles from
Mount Vernon on the White Plains road.
and has since been conducting it as large
milk ranch. Mr. Cunning is very eccen-
trio His house, as 1t appeared yesterday
afternoon when the backdOOr barricade was
removed, was redOlent of flowers, and
beautiful blossoms were everywhere visible
from the kitchen to the parlor.
This is Its perpetual state, and arises from
the fact that upon taking possession Mr..
Cunning leased the capacious conservatory
and greenhouses to nurserYman on condl-
ton that he would pay him s day rental
and six dozen roses daily all the year round.
This contract has been faithfully carried
out. The nnrseryman has made a profita-
BILE contract, being allowed to exc out the
lacking roses npon occasions with other
flowers. MIR. Cunning being passionately
fond of flowers is satisfied as WELL
Friday last it occurred to Mr.. Cunning
that yesterday would be his 2Sth birthday,
and he instantly became DESTROYS of cele-
brating it in some memorable fashion,
Having passed the most or his life since he
left college in England in the Argentine
republic on an immense stock farm, he de-
termined to have such barbecue as he had
often witnessed on the Rio de la Plata. To
think was to act. He summoned his secre
tary and the next afternoon 200 printed in
vitations were issued as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Make Them Brigadier Generals.

u
1t appears that Gov. McGill is carrying out
to the best of his ability his pledges made be-
fore election to appoint certain parties to Of
nee. To the best of his ability means that he
Is providing for rs many OF them as he can
with the offices at his disposal. The offices,
however, may not go far enough to provide
for all the politicians he has on the list II it
IS not poking itself into other peoples bust
ness the Herald suggests that those that are
not provided for be appointed brigadier gen.
erals on the governors staff.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Work ed Up a Boom.

The GLOBE in its "Aims" department has
succeeded in bringing about a preponderance
OF correspondence that will effect the sale of
postage stamps. The party in st. Peter who
some time since had her aims expressed in
that department and who advertiseS her
ability as a performer on the piano. organ and
harp, is now receiving from twelve to twenty
five letters and Photographs daily. If she
went i'll for fun she is evidently getting it, if
for the aim expressed, it will be her fault if
it is not attained.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Faith in the Saints.
st. Peter Herald.


The Duluth and Ashland booms have sub
sided considerably lately. We haven't much
spare cash to empty into dirt. but when we
have it will probably be emptied into some
thing more substantial than temporal view
of the dim future Something like St. Paul
or St. Peter. for instance
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17

PROPERTY to the value Of $]0,00000O was
destoy ed by fire in the United States during
the month Of March, which is an increase of
nearly so per cent. oyer the CORRESPONDING
month of last year. This is a tremendous
gain for the fire fend.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
VIII Drive His Friends Away.

We would like to know what right high
official has to turn over the private CORE
spondence of his friends, who address him
with reference to public appointments to the
very parties whom the friend opposes 1t is
reported that Gov. McGill has done this. If
true, it must necessarily drive many of his
best friends from him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17

B /R 1[1N. If George Clason has taken
g NNNA to horseback riding to reduce
H1NdNNAAl his flesh or the flesh of the
HM]lg, VI VI lhorse.
MANgkCIL13 If Frisby, of the Milwaukee
< I1xSMl road, has any intention OF try
- " ing his butter racket on the
Merchants hotel.
What Ed Hilton took for that cough he
had last fall
What is the height of Business Manager
RhOduS' average step,
Why Capt. Bresette has ceased to tamper
with the Gospel army.
If w. II. Dixon has gone TO the Pacific
coast to get new section to his favorite
campaign story.
If Dan Foley can tell lie-when he sees
one
Who said DR.. Jones was dude.
If Comptroller Roche wouldn't be good
subject for amateur stenographers to prac-
tice on.
Why the contract for paving Robert street
has been annulled.
If John Dodge, of the Merchants hotel, will
be seen at the ball games this season.
If Mr.. Barnes has got the pennant winners
this year.
If ''Slim JIM would not like to put in some
of those TERRIFIC left handed twisters'' of his
in the bail game to-day.
What has become of Hugh Donnelly's pct
dog.
How Dan Woodmansee gets along now
without the King of the Turf.
How many times Mr.. Cardiff will run
around the ring, Or fall down, when he meets
John L.. Sullivan.
Where the time ball on the chamber of COM
merce has gone to.
What effect the s'long and short haul'' will
have on the catch of salmon on the Pacific
coast.
What became of Ed tombstone when the
Boston Ideals settled up their matter
Why it is that Johann Strauss does not
write an opera.
Why it is that some one of the wealthy men
Of St. Paul does not do something handsome
for our poor little city library.
How soon Hermann Grote will commence
his concerts.
If Ehle Allen and i'Chawpy" Cook will have
a race with their thoroughbreds.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17

Col. QUAY's legislature has adopted the
same political strategy in Pennsylvania that
the Republicans have resorted to in other
states. They are trying the high license
dodge as means to gobble up the Prohibi-
tionists so as to get them out of the way in
1888.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
The Firm is Dissolved.

DHKOta Bel.
Frank James has removed from Nevada,
Mo-, to Denison, Tex, where he has offers
from several retail houses. His former pro-
tessional associates still remain with large
manufacturing establishment at Saltwater,
Mimi.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Initiates But Doesn't Fill.

DuIuCn HertIU.
The st. Paul boomer and the young ass
sniffeth the east wind, but it will be long
time before either of them grow fat on the
wind that blows from Duluth. That from
Ashland may initiate but it does not fill.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
STRAY sUNBEAMs.

1t was perhaps providential thing that ST.
Augustine was burned. The old slave mart
which was involved IN the common destruc-
ton was an eye sore to the New South. The
fewer relies of that character that are left
the better it is for the whole country.
fx*
OF all the theatre-goers in this city how
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17

THE Pennsylvania state senate passed the
woman suffrage constitutional amendment by
vote of 81 to l6. 1t was done, too, in the
face Of the Kansas experiment, where the
lightning from female Jhunder-clouds struck
very miscellaneouSlY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-17
Afraid of Their own Boomers.

buIutu fIHrHIu.
1t has been suggested that the real estate
brokers should form an association to pro-
tect themselves and prevent land being
plated too far outside the city limits and
thus imposing on the people. Indiscriminate
plating should not be allowed.